Art Opens Up the World

“Art is inherently fluid, able to cross cultures and affect people regardless of geography, language, belief, or political disposition. As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2012 speech, art ‘reaches beyond governments, past all of the official conference rooms and the presidential palaces, to connect with people all over the world‘[…] art can expose our shared humanity even as it provides a window into new perspectives and ways of life.” This excerpt is from the new publication NEA Arts Magazine, 2014, Number 1, recently launched.